Benchmarks: AquaMark 2.3

AquaMark is
another DirectX 8 benchmark. Using vertex shaders, any card that is DirectX8
compatible will not just have a huge speed boost, the image will also look
better. Default test has 24 MB worth of textures.

AquaMark
1024x768

Video Card

FPS

Ranking

1.

MSI G4Ti4600-TD (DetXP 30.82)

67.2

2.

MSI G4Ti4600-TD (Det 40.41)

74

3.

Albatron GF4 Ti4200P Turbo (DetXP 30.82)

57.1

4.

ECS AG400

28.6

5.

ATi Radeon 8500 64MB

51.2

6.

Crucial Radeon 9700 Pro
(325/620)

76.8

7.

Crucial Radeon 9700 Pro
(375/684)

79

Like we saw
in 3DMark2001SE, here we're pretty much all CPU limited, that's the only reason
why the GeForce4 can keep up with the Radeon 9700 Pro.

AquaMark
1280x1024

Video Card

FPS

Ranking

1.

MSI G4Ti4600-TD (DetXP 30.82)

45.4

2.

MSI G4Ti4600-TD (Det 40.41)

56.8

3.

Albatron GF4 Ti4200P Turbo (DetXP 30.82)

37.7

4.

ECS AG400

20

5.

ATi Radeon 8500 64MB

39.2

6.

Crucial Radeon 9700 Pro
(325/620)

64.8

7.

Crucial Radeon 9700 Pro
(375/684)

70.1

AquaMark
1600x1200

Video Card

FPS

Ranking

1.

MSI G4Ti4600-TD (DetXP 30.82)

33.1

2.

MSI G4Ti4600-TD (Det 40.41)

41.8

3.

Albatron GF4 Ti4200P Turbo (DetXP 30.82)

28.1

4.

ECS AG400

14.5

5.

ATi Radeon 8500 64MB

28.3

6.

Crucial Radeon 9700 Pro
(325/620)

48.6

7.

Crucial Radeon 9700 Pro
(375/684)

54.9

As the
resolution is turned up, the GeForce4 starts to lag behind. It's interesting to
see the Crucial Radeon 9700 Pro at stock outperform the ATi Radeon 9700 Pro even
though they're the same speed. The Crucial does use a newer revision of the R300
core.